First senior functionary resigns after Congress debacle in Punjab
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
Following the Charanjit Singh Channi led Congress debacle in Punjab assembly elections, the state’s Advocate General Deepinder Singh Patwalia today resigned as Punjab’s top government functionary-AG Punjab.
In his two-line resignation letter, he said he was doing it “keeping with the long-standing constitutional convention”. The AG traditionally resigns with a change in government as they are not seen as neutral and are appointed on the ruling government’s advice.
Patwalia, who was appointed after many ups and down is a Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu’s pick .He had taken over as AG Punjab in November last year after his predecessor APS Deol resigned from the post after weeks of high drama.
March 11,2022
